Artist Statement

I am a public artist. I make methods for social exchange.

My work can be pure conversation. It can be an action. It can be an object.

It is not about setting out to make something, but a process that allows things to be made, reformed and challenged.  

This is done through the lure of the familiar and the socially meaningful.

I encourage a re-threading of the links between habitual thinking, stimulating a re-consideration of modes of perception.

 

Timeline

November 2008 // Artist Residency with The Art Organisation, Liverpool

September - November 2008 // Open Gallery // Outreach project making conceptual artworks with members of the Open Book programme

October 2008 // Art in the Car Park // Curation of a group show in response to the CCP Car Park, Liverpool. As part of the Independents Biennial, Liverpool

May - October 2008 // Goldsmiths/BAA Expo Award // Project management of the commission of 2 temporary, site-specific artworks for Heathrow Terminal 5

2004-2008 // Goldsmiths, University of London // BA (Hons) Fine Art

2008 // 'Lost in Translation: Percent-for-Art' Dissertation // A proposal for maintaining artistic autonomy in the public realm

2007 // 'The Scales of Socially-Engaged Practice: Towards a Shared Language' Dissertation // A proposal for a shared discipline between the diverse professions practicing social engagement

2006 // 'Socially Engaged Practice: Towards a Shared Language' Seminar @ The Hub, Angel, London // Seminar exploring the similarities between seemingly diverse practices, with a broad range of established professionals from the fields of architecture, social design, think-tanks, community art, activists and public art consultation

2006 // Core member of ArtGate, New Cross Artists Collective, London // Organizing the New Cross Poster Exhibition in local shop windows

2004 // TICATEC (Training in the Crafts and Traditions of European Countries) Slovakia // 5 week programme of traditional crafts

2002- 2004 // Wiltshire College Trowbridge // ND BTEC Design Crafts (Triple Distinction); GCSE Photography (A*)

2003 // Sculptors Assistant for Theo Gillick, Wiltshire // Piece work mould making, pulling and chasing wax figurines for bronze casting

 

Selected Press

Regeneration and Renewal Magazine // 2008 // Artist profile

BBC Radio Merseyside // 2008 // Interview by Linda McDermott

City Radio, Liverpool // 2008 // Two of the artists from 'Art in the Car Park' were interviewed about the exhibition

News Shopper // 2008 // Coverage of 'Open Gallery', an exhibition of artworks made by those from non-traditional backgrounds

London Metro // 2008 // Coverage of the opening of two temporary artworks as part of the 'Goldsmiths / BAA Expo Award' in Heathrow Terminal 5

BBC News // 2008 // Coverage of the opening of two temporary artworks as part of the 'Goldsmiths / BAA Expo Award' in Heathrow Terminal 5

Guardian Magazine // 2007 // Interview with Craig Taylor for his column 'Are You Happy?'

ITV London Tonight // 2006 // Feature on 'Chat on the Tube' with phone in

South London Press // 2006 // Full-page feature on 'Chat on the Tube'

 

Full portfolio available upon request